At
Halogen we value customer success. So much so, it’s built into our vision
statement. It’s also why we celebrate these successes through the annual Bright
Lights awards. These awards recognize the outstanding achievements of
organizations that have implemented Halogen’s talent management solutions in
support of their talent programs and strategies.

2,100 performance
reviews have been completed across 19 locations with a 100 percent
completion rate in the first process;

More than 1,400
employees have undergone a merit-based review process;

Talent pools for key
positions have been created using Halogen’s competency library to help
define behaviors across key roles; and

The organization has
had a large scale online training initiative for its managers and employees
via webinars.

Melanee Landry, Manager of Talent
Development at Cornerstone Healthcare Group, on how her organization uses
Halogen:

"Implementing Halogen has had a major impact on
our talent management program this past year, so this award means a lot. Our
timelines were aggressive but we knew that in getting our employees set up
quickly with Halogen it would go a long way in helping our organization
establish a more effective performance review process. Our talent management
initiatives are centered on people development, organizational alignment and
delivering meaningful feedback to our team. Halogen is providing us a more
efficient way to execute and drive all of this."

Brilliant Corporate Culture Award: The City of Minneapolis

The
Brilliant Corporate Culture award goes to a customer who has used the Halogen
solution as a powerful tool to drive cultural change and development within the
organization.

Before
Halogen, the City of Minneapolis struggled with a performance management system
that was inconsistent and a process deemed unimportant to employees. With 95
percent of employees unionized, compensation was based on a union contract, and
performance reviews were equated disciplinary action and deficiencies.

In
2009, the City shifted this way of thinking, positioning performance
management as a strategic enabler to support its business plan.
Using employee input, the City created a three-step performance management
process plan to monitor and recognize performance, and used Halogen data to
support ongoing performance conversations focused on strengthening the supervisor
– employee relationship.

Diane Gross, HR Senior Consultant (Training) for the City
of Minneapolis speaks to the results of this culture shift:

“With Halogen we’ve been able to define
performance management as series of conversations between supervisors and
employees rather than a once-a-year activity dreaded by all. This has helped to
strengthen the relationship between supervisors and employees because everyone
understands their role in the process and what they’re accountable for.”

Janis Lajon, Human Resources Consultant for the City adds:

“Performance discussions used to be
equated with disciplinary action or negative feedback. With Halogen the focus
is now on accomplishments (the what) and competencies (the how) – and this has
been a huge culture change for us.”

Bright Bottom Line Award: The State of Wyoming

The
Bright Bottom Line award is presented to a customer who has made an effort to
quantitatively assess and measure the results of implementing their Halogen
solution.

Three
years ago, the State of Wyoming faced an aggressive six-month deadline to
create an entire performance management system from the ground up. Today, the
State boasts organizational alignment and has made impressive improvements to its
performance management processes including:

100 percent
performance appraisal completion rate

67 percent decrease
in compensation administration

Accurate and fair
compensation – using Halogen to demonstrate accurate performance ratings
and get employees their first raise in seven years

43-percent reduction
in terminations due to unsatisfactory work performance

84-percent reduction
in suspensions from work

Lori Mischan, HR Consultant for the
State of Wyoming, comments on the impact Halogen has made:

“We’ve
come a long way in terms of standardizing our performance management processes
and getting employees to recognize the value – both from an organizational and
an individual perspective. The data we’ve been able to collect from Halogen has
been incredibly valuable in terms of driving this shift. We have information at
our fingertips to help identify and set up development plans, onboarding
strategies, compensation strategies and more.”

Lori adds:

“With Halogen as a resource we can make people decisions much faster and that’s
had a significant impact on the State of Wyoming. I truly feel we’re only just
scratching the surface on the true potential for us.”

Lori Mischan receiving the Bright
Bottom Line Award from Paul Loucks:

Strategic Vision Award: SentriLock

This
award recognizes a Halogen customer who has achieved significant outcomes in
using Halogen to move the organization’s vision forward via talent management.

In
2012, SentriLock LLC’s human resources team made “Expectation Development and
Awareness” a primary goal for the next two years. The organization faced many
challenges including: outdated and broad job descriptions, appraisals lacking
true job-related feedback, and a lack of the proper development and goal
achievement support for employees.

How to bring Your Talent Strategy into Your Business Strategy

By Melany Gallant

In Melany’s role as Saba’s Content Manager, she gets to work with smart people to share the latest thinking about talent management. In her collaboration with thought leaders inside and outside of Saba, Melany helps craft content that educates and informs. A bonus to her work is that she is always learning new things.

For the Saba blog, Melany writes about a range of topics related to employee engagement and performance, including her own experiences as a people manager.

As an ardent social media advocate, Melany was a co-organizer from 2011-2013 of the Social Capital Conference, a social media “learnathon.” She also co-founded Girl Geek Dinners Ottawa, an offshoot of the London Girl Geek Dinners, started by Sarah Blow. Melany is a dedicated blogger and earned a Coursera certificate in Brand Management.

Melany holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in English from Carleton University and a diploma from Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology. She is a total book nerd and die-hard fan of all things chocolate.